Death's Door Maritime Museum - Gills Rock





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Death's Door Maritime Museum - Gills Rock
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920-743-5958
Mid-May - mid-October: Daily 10am-5pm.
The Death’s Door Maritime Museum celebrates the area’s commercial fishing tradition. Located in the village of Gills Rock at the tip of the Door County peninsula on the shores of Porte des Mortes (Death’s Door), the museum features a shipwreck and scuba diving exhibit, including artifacts brought up from the bottom of Lake Michigan. It also boasts the wooden fishing tug Hope. Visitors will also see the bronze sculpture unveiled in 2018, a tribute to commercial fishing in Northern Door.
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1
Gills Rock July 4th Celebration
7/04/2025
Gills Rock - 0.08 miles away
2
Door County North Pollinator Week Celebration
6/22/2025 - 6/28/2025
Ellison Bay - 4.03 miles away
3
Blues on the Bay
8/23/2025
Ellison Bay - 4.33 miles away
4
Liberty Grove Historical Society Antique Tractor and Arts Festival
7/26/2025 - 7/27/2025
Ellison Bay - 4.85 miles away
5
Evenings in Ephraim Bondemarked
6/16/2025 - 8/25/2025
Ephraim - 10.74 miles away
6
60th Fyr Bal Festival
6/21/2025
Ephraim - 12.22 miles away
7
Evenings in Ephraim Concert Series
6/16/2025 - 8/25/2025
Ephraim - 12.24 miles away
8
Egg Harbor Sunset Live Music & Fireworks Cruise (departs from Fish Creek)
7/03/2025
Fish Creek - 16.1 miles away